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Noun: timber rattlesnake
  1. Large venomous pit viper of eastern North America, with dark bands on brown or yellow body
    "timber rattlesnake is becoming rare in many eastern states";
    - banded rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus horridus, Crotalus horridus

Derived forms: timber rattlesnakes

Type of: rattler [N. Amer, informal], rattlesnake

Part of: Crotalus, genus Crotalus

Encyclopedia: Timber rattlesnake